Pam Arpe, who had success coaching two sports during her time at Stonehill College, retired this week.

Arpe was the assistant athletic director since 2003 and the women’s tennis coach for the past 10 seasons. She was previously the Skyhawks’ field hockey coach.

“It has truly been a privilege and a pleasure to serve Stonehill College this past number of years,” said Arpe in a statement. “I am thankful for the support of Paula Sullivan, Brendan Sullivan and the entire athletic department.

“The memories are endless, with great student-athletes year in and year out, a wonderful staff and a simply gorgeous place to come and work every day. The friendships that I have made here will last forever.’’

Arpe was named the Northeast-10 Conference tennis coach of the year on two occasions.

Stonehill was a regular visitor to the postseason with Arpe in charge of the women’s tennis program and went 21-4 in 2008-09, advancing to the round of 16 in the NCAA Division 2 tournament.

Arpe had a 157-49 record in dual matches and lost only 13 of 120 matches against NE-10 opponents.

Stonehill went to the NCAA tourney seven times in the past decade and won the NE-10 regular-season title three times and the conference tournament twice.

In field hockey, the Skyhawks were 112-54 under Arpe’s guidance from 2000-07 and reached the NCAA tourney twice.

Stonehill advanced to the national semifinal round in 2005.

The Skyhawks also won the NE-10 tourney title that year and finished 19-3, setting a program record with a 15-game winning streak.

“On behalf of Stonehill, I would like to thank and congratulate Pam on her tremendously successful tenure at the college,” said director of athletics Brendan Sullivan in a statement. “In nearly 15 years of service to the college, she helped elevate two programs, field hockey and women’s tennis, to both conference and national prominence, while also serving as a valued administrator.’’

Honor for Massasoit: The first-year Massasoit Community College women’s track team ranked fourth in the National Junior College Athletic Association with a 3.28 grade point average.

The team included Kerry O’Neil of Stoughton, Stephanie Villanueva of Whitman and Christarsha Young-Lemar of Brockton.

Lawson is feted: The uniform jersey of Massasoit’s Fredi Lawson has been on display at the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tenn.

Lawson was honored after being named to the NJCAA All-America second team.

The forward averaged 19.6 points and 12.2 rebounds as the eighth-ranked Warriors advanced to the national tournament for the first time.

Opening days: The Bridgewater State University and Stonehill football teams will open their 2014 seasons at home.

Page 2 of 2 - The Bears host Salve Regina University on Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. at Swenson Field while the Skyhawks will entertain Bloomsburg on Sept. 6 at 1 p.m.

Jim Fenton may be reached at jfenton@enterprisenews.com. Follow him on Twitter at @JFenton_ent.